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Wednesday, 15 August 2012

Chasing After the Recycling Truck in the Rain

This post is more light-hearted than most. I hope it makes you smile.

Yesterday was garbage and recycling day on my street. I am grateful for curbside pick up because
during my childhood people had to take things to the landfill site
themselves. I am a fanatic about
minimizing the amount of the waste from my house goes to the landfill, and I
hate seeing litter along paths and green spaces.

Earlier this week
I spent some time cleaning up some of cans, bottles and cups I found in my
neighbourhood, so I ended up with more recyclable items than my blue box could
hold. After the recycling truck had
collected on the opposite side of the street I conscripted one of those empty
bins to put my extra bottles and cans into, with every intention of returning
it to the owners before they would even notice it was missing.

It took a while
for the recycling truck to make its way back, and it started to rain
harder. Then a black pick up truck
parked in front of the curb and apparently obscured my recycling bins from the
view of the recycling truck driver. In
dismay, I saw the truck drive past, leaving not only my bins but also those of
my next-door neighbour. I ran outside
and told the driver that he missed something and that I would bring them to
him. Four trips back and forth and a
flattened hairdo were a small price to pay for the empty recycling bin that I
promptly returned across the street.

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My purpose in writing the providence place blog is to encourage others to reflect with me on God's providential care in every day life. Voorzienigheidsruimte is a selection of my best posts translated into Dutch.